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The spectacular aftermath of a 360 million year old cosmic collision is revealed in great detail in this image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory. Among the debris surrounding the elliptical galaxy NGC 5291 at the centre is a rare and mysterious young dwarf galaxy, which appears as a bright clump towards the right of the image. This object is providing astronomers with an excellent opportunity to learn more about similar galaxies that are expected to be common in the early Universe, but are normally too faint and distant to be observed by current telescopes.
Credit: ESO
About the Object Name: NGC 5291 Type: • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting Constellation: Centaurus Coordinates Position (RA): 13 47 19.40 Position (Dec): -30° 24' 4.50" Field of view: 12.65 x 8.76 arcminutes Orientation: North is 90.0° right of vertical
Colours & filters Band Telescope Optical V Very Large Telescope FORS2 Optical R Very Large Telescope FORS2 Infrared I Very Large Telescope FORS2.
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NGC 5291NGC 5291 ist eine rund 190 Millionen Lichtjahre entfernte elliptische Galaxie, die mit einer kleineren, stark verformten Galaxie wechselwirkt, die den Spitznamen «the Seashell» trägt. NGC 5291 liegt im westlichen Außenbereich von Abell 3574 und ist möglicherweise ein Mitglied dieses Galaxienhaufens. .. weiterlesen